USTA Eastern Sectionals Week #3: Local teams

This weekend’s Sectionals is again taking place at Central Park in Schenectady and at Shenendehowa School courts. Six local teams will be competing to earn the right to play at Nationals later this year. In the 40 & over levels, we have the following local teams: 3.0 Women – Once In a Lifetime, 4.0 Women – Love Stinks captained by Cheryl Ladapoulos, 3.0 Men – Team Danaher captained by Phil Danaher, and 4.0 Men – Team Dunn/Lee co-captained by Tom Dunn and Ed Lee. If Team Once In a Lifetime rings a bell, well it should. They just played this past weekend and won the 18 & over 3.0 Women’s Sectional Title and is gunning for an unprecedented double Sectional Title.

In the 18 & over group, the 4.5 women’s Team Milly, captained by Milly Back will be shooting for a title in the ultra-competitive group. Meanwhile, in the men’s 4.5 division, Dave Picchi’s team returns to Sectionals again, their 10th time in 12 years looking for that ever-elusive Sectional Title.

Good luck to all the local teams and let’s see if we can add another Sectional title to our collection.